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This guy was definitely a dick for shoving him. And I feel bad for the daughter.
But I have had my own issues with school administrators where I live, where a group of kids, boys and girls included, all had done something worthy of, at most, suspension — the girls had the book thrown at them (effective expulsion for at least a half-year), and the boys got off without so much as a warning.
I would never seek out the administrator in question, but if I ever saw the misogynist piece of shit again I’d likely deck him in the face.
Though I did get some satisfaction a year later, when that administrator got effectively demoted to a lower tier school.
Edit>> People need to actually read the article if they can’t correlate what I wrote here to it, assuming comprehension isn’t a roadblock for them.
I agree that the super might have been a jerk. But one of those other people on stage was the principal, who would have been far more responsible for day-to-day operations of the school. In most districts, an expulsion is recommended by the principal then rubber-stamped by the superintendent. Hell, in some districts the school board has to approve any expulsion.
So while I have no doubt there might have been some animosity between the father and the super, if that was seriously his grievance then he should have gone after the principal first. You know, the one that recommended the expulsion for his daughter and not “her bullies”.
I'm not sure what your point is? You had a bad experience with some completely different person and based on that it makes sense to you what this particular person did?
That school administration can be passive aggressive and not act in the kids best interest over politics or personal pettiness. And get paid on the public dollar while they do.
According to the father, the super intendant rolled his eyes at the daughter during disciplinary hearing when she tried explained her behavior, & then expelled the daughter for doing the same thing her bully’s did to her.
Given that, I can understand a proud father holding some measure of a grudge over that, but not enough of a grudge to attack the person.
I think the comment’s OP is expressing something similar, being protective of a youth over an administrator jeopardizing the youth’s future.
I don’t think OP is condoning the attack, just acknowledging there’s more going on here than ignorance & racism.
None of what you said justifies doing what the dad did.
Did I say it did? Not in any way. In fact, I’m pretty sure that I said that none of what happened justified the father’s behavior.
You know what I didn’t do? I didn’t try to reduce a complex story down into good vs bad, or start antagonizing anyone who disagrees with me.
I’m simply stating that not all school administrators are saints. And I had a specific anecdote of one such person.
Of course the guy shouldn’t have shoved him in that venue. And if it’s about race, it’s even worse (though the article clearly tries to make it about race from its first sentence, so I don’t know either way).
But I know what it feels like to see one’s kid be unfairly treated by school systems and specific administrators. And in the article it states the parent sees it that way much in the same vein as my anecdote (his kid got the book thrown at her while others who violated the same policy got no punishment at all).
Hopefully that clears it up for you. But if not, not my problem.
Literally no one is saying that . Simply by virtue of the fact that no group of any number of people will be all saints, whatever that means. So basically - cool story bro.
Ulkesh is simply stating that this story isn’t about just racism and ignorance. You know, offering a bit of depth and nuance to a public conversation.
You don’t have to be antagonistic about it.
Thanks!